alwayslockyourbike

tre

Any chance to get a migration routine for all the settings? This is somehow cumbersome, especially when new full versions and not only updates are going to be installed.

alwayslockyourbike

said
3 months ago

I think you're asking Igor here? All I can say is that my settings were kept, during this major operation.

tre

said
3 months ago

For me this is okay, But I assume some other Mac colleagues might get lost in transition. Isn't CT on Mac more than the hacking Mac fraction? 99 per cent of translators are not tech-savvy (or at least not willing to be so).

Jean Dimitriadis

said
3 months ago

Here's what I would try for an existing installation (CafeTran must not be open):

- Open the DMG, right-click on the .app file to Show Package Contents..

- Go Contents>Java and copy the /runtime folder and the Cafetran executable. Copy also the MacOS folder (in contains a single cafetran file).

- Open a second Finder window, go to Applications, Show Package Contents of the existing CT installation (right-click on the CafeTran Espresso.app) and paste the above items to the same location.

Depending on the method used to backup and restore the user files, this could be simpler to perform.

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alwayslockyourbike

said
3 months ago

In the past I have performed such tricks and got problems with rights, that caused CafeTran Espresso 2019 to crash. So I'd be careful to inject any new modules.

My 2 cents.

alwayslockyourbike

said
3 months ago

This morning I migrated my iMac to macOS Mojave and CafeTran Espresso 2019 to the new version with an embedded Java runtime.

Once more, there were no problems with the migration:

the license was still valid

all settings were kept

After starting the newly downloaded CafeTran Espresso app I had to confirm that it wasn't malware:

A second confirmation was needed:

After the confirmation, CafeTran Espresso 2019 started correctly.

On a side note:

I copied all my user files (spelling dictionaries etc.) from the backup location back into the CafeTran Espresso app, and I soon found out ... that I had forgotten to backup the resource definitions for all my QA and non-translatables glossaries :(. Okay, next time better.

Question: Isn't it time that the Preferences dialogue box offers a command to save all your user files to backup location (and preferably also a command to put them back?

tre

said
about 1 month ago

Thanks Jean, this was an extraordinary, but perhaps better way to switch than vice-versa.